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Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... company-specific differences. This can create an "accumulation effect" that expends valuable time, noted Mark Rigotti, managing director and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Rigotti argued that at 3900 pages, the Corporations Act ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... to a successful global vaccination roll-out, COVID-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency". However, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the public to stay vigilant against new variants. National wellbeing The national ...

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies that do not have a minimum of 30% women in board positions face votes against male director re-elections as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) updates its voting policies for members. ACSI's new voting policy ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... orange," Leah Armstrong, a Torres Strait Islander, is an advisory board member at the Nature Conservancy and managing director of First Nations Capital Ltd. Orange is the colour of reconciliation. To achieve this, fundamental education is needed for ...

Graforce and Worley to scale GHG-free hydrogen gas technology in APAC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... reliance on fossil fuels and in particular, natural gas and LNG, is a given," said Gillian Cagney, Worley ANZ Managing Director. "Plasmalysis marries these two realities together and enables faster decarbonisation utilising existing infrastructure. Plasmalysis ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian investors. FS Sustainability is the official media partner to the conference. Mirova CIO Jens Peers, independent director and advisory board member Fiona Reynolds, RIAA executive manager Estelle Parker, and professor of political science and ...

CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... able to work with the CEFC to encourage its portfolio companies towards ambitious decarbonisation pathways," said PEP director Rosie Johnson. "The CEFC brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the decarbonisation and clean energy sector and, together ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... take advantage of its opportunities for the benefit of all Australians." Tim Buckley, senior energy market analyst and director of Climate Energy Finance said that the new authority would align Australian policy with the international context. "The US ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... to decouple economic growth from the use of finite resources," Lisa Mclean, CEO of Circular Australia and founder and director of CarbonWise said. Mclean is a member of the Ministerial Advisory. "We need to keep materials in use for as long as possible ...

Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... significant focus, with ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester delivering a keynote address on ASIC's direction. APRA executive director Sean Carmody will join the discussion on how Australia's forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy will provide much ...